GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |